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Norwegian UN worker kidnapped in Yemen 

 

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Sunday 15 January 2012 11:36 GMT
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Norway's Foreign Ministry says a Norwegian man who was working for the United Nations has been kidnapped in Yemen.

Foreign ministry spokesman Frode Overland Andersen says the ministry was informed about the 34-year-old's abduction early today, but will not give any more details.

Andersen says it is unclear where and by whom the man was kidnapped.

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